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RANK		PLB SCORE (Rank)	PRO POLL AVG (Rank)	PREV RANK
1.	AJKHoosier1: Three-time P5's Triple Crown winner: 9/1//07, 9/12/07 and 7/29/08. Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis has multiple wins in both the PokerStars $200 rebuy and $100 rebuy tournaments, and he's also taken down the Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand. His largest online cash came in September '08 when he took 3rd place in the PokerStars WCOOP Main Event for $782,542 after a 5-way final table chop. This came only two months after he placed 2nd in the Full Tilt $1 Million Guaranteed for $135,000. He would go on to win the Absolute Poker $150k Guaranteed a week later for $37,500. A PocketFives.com Contributing Writer, Alex's front page articles have been an important resource for helping poker players from around the world improve their poker skills. Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis is an instructor for PokerXFactor.com, a top poker training site. Articles by AJKHoosier1 The Evolution of Poker Self Evaluation and the Big Picture The Mentality of a Closer	8011.19 (3)	7.55 (1)	1
2.	moorman1: Chris Moorman holds the record as a six-time P5's Triple Crown Winner. An incredibly consistent player, moorman1 has quietly become one of the most successful players on the internet. He's won several major events, including the Absolute and Full Tilt 1k's and a chop of the Sunday 2nd chance on Stars. He final tabled the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed in January 2008 for $36,600 but is still awaiting that ellusive Sunday Major. He famously used his whole Poker Stars account to buy into the $5k winner takes all and ended up chopping it for a cool $55k. Moorman1 Wins 4th Triple Crown	8480.40 (2)	9.80 (2)	2
3.	breeth: Breeth is the top-ranked online tournament player in the country of Hungary. He entered the P5's worldwide rankings in 2008 following very impressive results in the month of June, in which he won the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand and placed 2nd in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy. Those two scores combined for over $51,000 in total earnings. He also had a final table appearance in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed in April '08. On August 31st, 2008, "breeth" earned $37,500 for another 2nd place finish in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy. His breakout month came in October '08, when he won the Stars "Sunday 500" for $91k along with the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl for another $72k. He then won the PokerStars Sunday Million on November 30th, 2008, for $196,000	8987.60 (1)	20.06 (6)	3
4.	gboro780: Steve "gboro780" Gross has been one of the top online tournament players in the world since 2005. This P5s Triple Crown winner (Feb. '06) has impressed much of the poker world with his knowledge of the game and his easy-going personality . In 2008, Steve had two outright victories in the AbsolutePoker $150k Guaranteed Saturday flagship tournament, for a combined $78,000. He also had two wins in the AbsolutePoker $1k Weekly tournament in back-to-back months for $34k each. He also won the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand for $26k. On July 4th, 2008, "gboro780" took down the Full Tilt $30k and $20k Guaranteed tournaments. Inside the Game with Steve "gboro780" Gross	7399.81 (6)	11.90 (3)	4
5.	shaundeeb: Shaun Deeb's name became synonymous with "high volume" early on in his career, earning him a spot atop the PokerStars Yearly Tournament Leaderboard. His largest online tournament cash came in the early morning hours of August 11th, 2008, when he won the FTOPS Heads-Up Event #9 for $115,000. Exactly three months earlier, he had taken down the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $102,500. In September '08, he won the $300 PLO rebuy WCOOP Event #25 for $144k. Shaun has an outright victory and 3rd Place finish in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for a combined $125,000, plus another 3rd Place showing in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $52,500. However, Shaun Deeb may best be known for wagering nearly $1 million on UltimateBet Blackjack in a period of one week, and winning over $30,000 in the process! Articles by shaundeeb The Flaw in Level 2 Thinking	7795.76 (4)	15.97 (5)	5
6.	rivermanl: This online tournament specialist from the United Kingdom first made headlines in June 2008 when he won the Full Tilt Poker $1k Monday tournament for $91,750. He went on to win the $240+16 FTOPS X Knockout event a few months later for $137k. He also has a win in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance for $54,500.	7446.19 (5)	21.53 (8)	6
7.	djk123: mhrep on UB. Imabigkidnow on Full Tilt. Dan "djk123" Kelly stormed into the Top 10 in 2008 thanks to his wins in the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand and $100 rebuy tournamets. After a 3rd place finish in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed in March '08 for $55,600, he went on to take down another Stars $100 rebuy. His largest online score came in November '08 when he won the FTOPS X Event #14 ($200+16 NLHE Turbo) for $104,870. Dan "djk123" Kelly is a former #1 ranked online tournament player in the the world.	6966.55 (10)	14.68 (4)	7
8.	eisenhower1: One of Sweden's top poker players, In August 2008, Eisenhower1 took 5th in the FTOPS $300 rebuy event for $64k. He also has wins in the PokerStars $100 Rebuy and Daily Fifty Grand. His largest online score came in July '08 when he won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for over $97,600. He also has a final tabled appearance in the FTOPS Main Event for $90,000 from November '07 along with a 6th place showing in the FTOPS X 6-max rebuy Event #16 for $38,400 in November '08.	6997.07 (9)	22.62 (9)	8
9.	Stamdogg: Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen has a total of FIVE victories in the PokerStars $100 rebuy, two wins in the Stars $50 rebuy, and outright wins in the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed and $55k Guaranteed tournaments. From June '07 to June '08, Keven recroded 22 scores of over $10,000 in online tournaments. He final tabled the PokerStars Sunday Million in November 2008 for $55,600 and backed that up with an $84,600 cash for 4th place in the FTOPS X Event #9 just one week later.	7167.53 (8)	23.76 (11)	9
10.	dipthrong: P5's Triple Crown Winner -- Mark "dipthrong" Herm made online poker history on July 13th, 2008 when he won two Sunday major tournaments on the same day. Shortly after taking down the Bodog $100k for $23.6k, Mark won the Full Tilt Poker $750k Guaranteed for $147,382. What's more, these two wins came exactly one week after he won the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for another $44,400. Mark continued his hot streak in early August with a victory in the Stars $250k Guaranteed ($500+30) for $91k. In October '08, Mark 3-way chopped the Stars "Sunday 500" for $69,600.	6542.29 (14)	23.65 (10)	10
11.	P0KERPR033: Jim "P0KERPR033" Campbell came on strong in 2006 as one of the top all around players on the net. His most impressive win came in the PokerStars Sunday Million, which he chopped for $180k. He also has a 2nd place finish in the FTOPS IX $300 rebuy event (Aug '08) for $157,500 as well as a 2nd place showing in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for another $67k. James has outright victories in the PokerStars $200 rebuy and Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed tournaments. P0KERPR033 Joins UltimateBet	6468.67 (15)	21.17 (7)	12
12.	therookieqq9: Hailing from Canada, "therookieqq9" is a rising online tournament superstar who won the PocketFives Monthly PLB race in November 2008. His largest online cash to date came in the early morning hours of August 11th, 2008, when he won the Party Poker Birthday Million $233,775. Three months later he won the PokerStars Sunday Million for another $189k. He also has a victory in the PokerRoom $100k Guaranteed for $30.5k along with a victory in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for another $24.6k. TheRookieQQ9 Wins PartyPoker Birthday Million	7285.46 (7)	29.50 (17)	11
13.	holdplz: TSPINELLA on Absolute. From late '07 to June '08, Anthony "holdplz" Spinella put together a string of impressive online cashes - placing 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $96k and taking 2nd in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for another $61,600. However, his big score came in the early morning hours of July 7th, 2008, when he won the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $132,788. With that victory, "holdplz" entered the Top 100 world-wide PLB standings.. He also has a win in the Stars $100 rebuy for $50,700.	6569.65 (13)	26.28 (13)	13
14.	TheRealPokerccini: Pokerccini on most sites. His largest online tournament score came in September '08 when he went deep in the PokerStars $2 Million Guaranteed $10k WCOOP event for $41k. He has wins in the Nightly Hundred Grand and the $100k Guaranteed $300 freezeout tournament for $28.7k and $25k respectively. TheRealPokerccini Rises 22 Spots in Online Tournament Rankings	6408.68 (18)	24.62 (12)	14
15.	Tomgus456: Tomgus456 on all sites. One of Sweden's superstar online tournament players. In February '08, he took down the PokerStars Sunday Million for $220,000, then placed 3rd in the FTOPS Event #19 a week later for $67k. He also has an outright victory in the Bodog $100k Guaranteed for $25,000 plus another win in the Stars $100 rebuy for $44k. He continued his success in high stakes online tournaments in August '08 with a 4th place shwing in the Stars Sunday Warm-Up for $38,500. He then won the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawl on November 30th, 2008, for $84,800.	6403.47 (19)	28.89 (16)	17
16.	ender555: Joe "ender555" Ebanks had a tremendous showing at the tables in the month of March '08. After placing 5th in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $33k, he won the PokerStars $100 Rebuy and the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed for $21k each. On August 3rd of the same year, Joe would make online poker history by final tabling 3 weekend major tournaments -- placing 2nd in the Stars $250k for nearly $67k, winning the AbsolutePoker $150k for $37,500 and placing 5th in the UB $200k for $11,000.	6257.69 (23)	28.21 (15)	15
17.	govshark2: govshark2 on all sites. He went on a very impressive run in mid 2008; earning $86,700 for his 2nd place finish in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed. His big payday came in October of that same year with a victory in the PokerStars Sunday Million flagship tournament for $184,500. One month later, he placed 4th in the FTOPS X NLHE 6-max rebuy Event #16 for $83,600. He also had a 3rd place showing in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance for $30k along with an outright victory in the Full Tilt $90k Guaranteed for another $23,800. On November 30th, 2008, he placed 2nd in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy for $32,500.	6384.91 (20)	32.55 (19)	16
18.	jagz7: Hailing from London, this young online tournament star put together a string of impressive results in July & August of 2008. His win in the PokerStars $200 Sunday rebuy was good for $46k. He also won the $90k Guaranteed on Stars for another $17,600. "Jagz7" took home $28,500 for his final table appearance in the Full Tilt $1k Monday tournament.	6585.41 (12)	35.56 (27)	20
19.	ryanbluf: Ryan Karp of Washington D.C. made online poker headlines in August '08 when he won the FTOPS IX $240 Knockout Event #8 for $121,000. He has 2nd place finishes in the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday and Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand for $44k and $31k respectively along with another 3rd place showing in the Stars $1k Super Tuesday for $43k. He debuted at #88 in the P5's Rankings on August 13th, 2008.	6359.78 (21)	34.36 (23)	19
20.	PiKappRaider: UFman2 on Full Tilt. On September 7th, 2008, Steven Burkholder took down the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $135,900. Just 12 days later, he won the PokerStars $500 rebuy 6-max WCOOP event for over $211,000. He also has a win in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $31,600 and a runner-up performance in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for another $29k. He made his debut in the PocketFives.com Rankings at #81 in September '08. He continued his success in high stakes online tournaments in December of that same year by winning the Full Tilt $150 Sunday rebuy for another $61,400. In the early morning hours of December 22nd, 2008, Steven won the Full Tilt Poker $1 Million Guaranteed monthly flagship event for nearly $202,000.	6762.41 (11)	35.27 (26)	27
21.	D1rtyR1v3r: After taking home $59k for his 3rd Place finish in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed in late '07, "D1rtyR1v3r" won the PokerStars $100 Rebuy and placed 2nd in the Nightly Hundred Grand for a combined $40,000.	6452.27 (16)	35.83 (28)	21
22.	titantom32: "Titantom32" has a win in the PokerStars $250k Guaranteed for $91,000 from August '08 along with a runner-up effort in the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl for $48,700 a month later. He also took down the PokerStars $100k Guaranteed in September '08 for another $22k.	6110.19 (26)	33.50 (21)	18
23.	busto_soon: With a win in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy, along with multiple wins in the $100 and $50 rebuys on PokerStars, Johan "busto_soon" Van Til has become the most recognized Dutch online poker player. He is among the top online players worldwide, and currently holds the #1 spot in The Netherlands. He's shown a tendency to climb to the top of some of the toughest tourneys on the net, and placed 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up in March '08 for $51,000. He continued his winning ways in August '08 with a 3rd place showing in the Stars $1k Super Tuesday for $46,300. His largest online tournament cash came in December '08 when he won the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawl for $79,800. Not Going Busto Anytime Soon	6059.51 (29)	27.94 (14)	25
24.	comandr_cool: Corey Burbick of Florida caught fire in August '08 with an outright victory in the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed and two wins in the PokerStars $40k Guaranteed $50 rebuy. He also took down the Full Tilt $50 rebuy for another $5,300. Those four wins combined for a total of $60,000 over a period of 8 days.	6310.06 (22)	34.76 (25)	22
25.	rdcrsn: In early 2008, Russell "rdcrsn" Carson went on an amazing run, taking down the PokerRoom Grand Tournament for $121,000, placing 3rd in the Full Tilt $1 Million Guaranteed, and earning a victory in the PokerStars $200 Sunday rebuy. These three scores were worth close to $270,000 combined... not a bad week!	5844.04 (39)	32.09 (18)	23
26.	CapTinBisKuiT: uncledrkmeat on Stars. TITANRON23 on AP. BlumesiusX on UB. IAMKEYSERSOZE on Bodog. In March 2008, "CapTinBisKuiT" took down the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $134,000. He followed that up with a victory in the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed in April '08 and an outright win in the FTOPS IX Event #3 ($200+16 NLHE 6-max Shootout) for over $45,000 in August. He also has a runner-up performance in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance for $43,500. He continued his domination of high stakes online tournaments in September '08 with final table appearances in the Full Tilt $65k and $60k Guaranteed and had a win in the Stars $100 freezeout. Those three scores combined for a total of nearly $50k.	6078.91 (28)	37.38 (30)	24
27.	THAY3R: THAY3R on most sites, UCF_THAYER on UB. Made several final tables in the Pokerroom Weekly Big Deal, and has a win in the Full Tilt $200 HORSE tournament. Thayer Rasmussen has kept up his winning ways in 2008, with outright victories in the Ultimate Bet $75k Guaranteed, the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed, and the PokerStars $100 Turbo for a combined total of over $48,000. In August '08, he earned nearly $40,000 for his final table appearance in the Stars $250k Guaranteed.	6029.63 (32)	34.55 (24)	32
28.	toetagu: lastmeal on UB. percs on AP. "Toetagu" has been one of the most consistent online tournament players over the last few years, and continues putting up solid results both online and live. In November '08, Ryan won the PokerStars "Sunday 500" for $97,400. He has a 2nd place finish in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $42k and an outright victory in the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed for $22,500. His win in the Stars Daily Fifty Grand in July '08 was worth $20,500.	6184.71 (25)	39.35 (34)	30
29.	mendieta19: Triple Crown Winner in March 2008 with wins in the PartyPoker $20k Guaranteed, the PokerStars $50 Cubed, and the Full Tilt $100 Cubed $33k Guaranteed. His largest online score came in November 2007 when he final-tabled the FTOPS Main Event for $153,000. One year later, he placed 2nd in the FTOPS Heads-Up Event for $52,000. "Mendieta19" entered the PocketFives.com Rankings on March 26th, 2008 at #86.	5993.43 (33)	38.55 (32)	26
30.	Belabacsi: One of Hungary's top ranked online tournament players, "Belabacsi" has final table appearances in two PokerStars $100 rebuy tournaments, the Wednesday Two Hundred Grand and the Sunday Million for a combined total of $82,000. In November '08, he won the PokerStars $200 Sunday rebuy for $45,100. He also has an outright victory in the PartyPoker Saturday $50k Guaranteed for $15,900. In November 2008, he took 2nd in the PokerStars $200 Sunday rebuy for $34,600.	6226.75 (24)	41.64 (38)	31
31.	chicagocards1: sms9231 on Stars. aintifyne69 on Bodog. UOFIPOKER on Absolute. A long-time forum member of PocketFives.com, "chicagocards1" finally began winning the respect of his peers through his results in online poker tournaments. His largest online score came in October 2008 when he took 3rd in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $84,000. In November 2007 he placed 4th in the FTOPS $300 tourney for nearly $74,000. After placing 2nd in the UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed on $28k in May '08, he went on to win the Stars Nightly $100 Rebuy in July for another $34,400. He continued his winning ways in November '08 with an outright victory in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy for $45,800.	6031.98 (31)	40.77 (36)	28
32.	BeL0WaB0Ve: Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul has been one of the most consistent high stakes online tournament players since 2006. A former Top 10 ranked player, Kevin took down the Bellagio Cup III in July '07 for $1,342,000! He's an Incredibly unpredictable player who can play a variety of tournament styles, switch gears and is hard to put on a hand. Although he doesn't play quite the volume online that he did in '05/'06, Kevin still puts up solid results when he's not focusing on major live tournaments. His largest online cash to date came from his runner-up showing in the FTOPS $300 rebuy event in August '08, when he took home $168,000. He also had a 4th place finish in the FTOPS $1k event two days before that for $105,000. Kevin also has outright victories in the Full Tilt $55k and $40k Guaranteed tournaments. PocketFives Interview with Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul	5733.57 (44)	33.41 (20)	33
33.	USCphildo: Phil "USCphildo" Collins became one of the top online poker superstars in 2008, after winning the Full Tilt $1k Monday, the PokerStars $100 rebuy, and placing 2nd in the Stars Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand for a combined $120,000. On April 20th, 2008, he continued his winning ways by taking down the PokerStars 2nd Chance tourney for $48,000. He followed that up with a 2nd place showing in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy for $38,800 in September '08. Articles by USCphildo In Game Thought Process	5690.32 (48)	36.86 (29)	29
34.	caio_pimenta: Caio Cesar Pimenta is one of Brazil's top ranked online tournament players. His largest online cash came in October 2008 when he placed 2nd in the Full Tilt $1 Million Guaranteed for $113,000. On August 31st of 2008, he took 2nd in the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl for $45k. He also has wins in the Stars Nightly Fifty Grand and the Full Tilt $35k Guaranteed for $11,500 each.	6416.39 (17)	45.22 (46)	44
35.	Hixx: LoneHixx on Stars. On June 29th, 2008, Kenny Hicks won the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance for nearly $50k - just hours after placing 6th in the Sunday Warm-Up for another $18,000. He has victories in the Bodog $100k Guaranteed, the Stars $100 rebuy, and the UltimateBet $40k Guaranteed Sniper tournament.	6093.65 (27)	42.06 (39)	43
36.	bfineman: Ben Fineman stormed onto the online tournament scene in August 2008 with an outright victory in the FTOPS IX $1k event for $300,000! This came a couple of months after he took 2nd in a WSOP Circuit event for another six-figure score. He also has a 1st place finish in the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed for $17,000 along with a final table appearance in the FTOPS IX $300 cubed *1r+1a* event for $21k. On August 20th, 2008, Ben Fineman debuted in the PocketFives.com Worldwide Rankings at #82.	6036.59 (30)	43.52 (42)	40
37.	agriffrod: A well-known forum poster on the site, Nick Mitchell worked his way up from low stakes games to become one of the best online tournament players in the world. In November 2008, Nick won the FTOPS X Event #11 ($1,000+60 NLHE) for $322,500! He has a win in the PokerStars $100 Sunday rebuy for $62k along with a 2nd place finish in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for another $65,000. He has several other huge cashes inlcuding the WCOOP 2nd Chance $200 rebuy for $77.5k and Stars $200 Sunday rebuy for $63,700. Welcome Back Agriffrod	5886.31 (36)	42.31 (40)	41
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